Belt buckle



Patented July 28, 192.5.

UNITED STATES FRANK r. nAUGHAnAY, orvcnAnTLEY, MASSACHUSETTS,"Assrenon'To' FnEEMA'N- l DAUGBLADAY COMPANY, or 'CITARTLEY, 'MAVSSACHUsElTS A ConPoRATIs/olv 0F MASSACHUSETTS.

BELT BUCKLE.4

Application led December 5, 1924. fSerial/N'o. 75 4,148r.

To aZZ whom t may concern: s

Be it known that I,'FRAN1; P. DAUGHADAY, a citizen of the United States,l residing at Chartley, in the county .of Bristol and State ofv` Massachusetts, have invented certain new and yusetul Improvements in Belt Buckles, of whichtheifollowing is a specification.

means for 'mounting a pearl or other nonmetallic front plate on ameta'l buckle front by means of solder, in such a way that the fastening means will be entirely concealed.v

A further object of this invention is to' recess the front plate of the metal bucklein a shape to receive the outline of the pearl front plate so as to set the inner-face of the pearl below the plane of the front plate of the buckle to hide the joint between the two and protect the edges of the pearl'swhen set in the buckle.

With these and other objectsl in View, the

invention consists of certain novel features' of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. n

In the accompanying drawings: Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my ,improved buckle with a plateof pearl set into a recess in the front plate of the buckle.

Figure 2 is a perspective View showing the back of thepearl plate as provided with recesses for the reception `of metal inserts by means of which the pearl may be connected by solder to the metal plate of the buckle.

Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the metalV member which is adaptedv to be swaged and so spread and fixed into the recesses in the back of the pearl without the use of cement.

Figure 4 is a disc of solder of a diameter about that of one of recesses in the back of the pearl plate. Y

Figure 5 is a greatly enlarged view illustrating the metal member as swaged into a recess in the back of the pearll also illustrating the solder as having been fused in the recess to attach the metal member in the pearl with the metal of the buckle.

Fi re 6 is a sectional elevation on line 6-6 of Figure 1 illustrating the pearl plate as inserted into a recess formed in the front plate of the buckle to receive it.

It is found inthe practical construction of belt buckles, in some instances, rdesirable to insert or attach a' plate ofpearl or other non-metallic material yto the front` face ofthe 1 metal buckle,`by a soldering ovp'eratioIn-andv to accomplish ithisina simple and eective kway, I have provided one or morerecesses' This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of buckles; and has tor f, its object to provide simple and effective in the rear face-of the fpearlplate,each,of

.which recessesvis-undercutand `into this re-- cess Iswage and sospreadand-"ixa metal-f cup-shapedk member, and then connect the metal 1n this pearl to the metal of the buckle by solder; l,and the following is a detailed l description of one embodiment of my present invention With reference to thel drawings, 10 designates the body portion of a metal buckle, which is provided with a front plate 11 preferably recessed as at 12 for thel recepa simple .and eii'ective way, I have provided two recesses 14, the side walls of which are preferably undercut, as best illustrated in Figure 5, andI also, provide a metal cupshaped member 15, having relatively thin walls as best illustrated in Figure 3, having a beveled edge 16 and a bottom or base plate 20, whereby when `forced into the undercut recess 14,l the edge 16 is caused to spreadl and the side wall 17 thereof engagesthe undercut walls of the recess, whereby this cup member is securely bound in the recess without the use of cement.

The side walls of the cup shaped member 15 being of less height than the side walls ot the recesses 14 thereby providing a recess between the base 17 of the cup shaped member 15, when the c up shaped member is swaged into the recesses 14 of the plate 13, and the face oi plate 11 for the reception` therein of athin disc of 4solder 19 for Y securing the plates together. Y

Ihis cup member whenswaged into this recess is of a depth less than that of the recess` leaving a; vspace 18tl into whichv the disc of solderl 19 is positioned, then When the pearl is positioned in the recessed per-metah an ornamental non-metallic plate retion: of the buckle, a, torchl vor other heat is applied to the A back of thel buckley directly beneath the solder -19 and thissolder is' plate lto the front-of a buckle, isvery simple,

l 'butfJT desire it' to be understood'that If-re practicalr and effective.

` lTflieforegoingl descriptionv is directedV solely towardsv the construction illustrated,

servethe privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to'vvhich thedevice isy susceptible, the i inventionV l bei-ng Y,deiined and flimited'bnlyyby the terms of the appended r claim: n l l. A belt buckle having a front plate of cessed in its back,A and a metal member of a depth lessy than that of, said. recess fixed therein, said recess alsobeiiig of'al depth to receive aportion ofi'sololer by which" when fused said non-metallic plate is fixed to said 3Q frontiv plate of: the@ buckle.

2. Abelt buckle having a front plate of metal provided with ai recess,- lan ornamental pearl plate having anoutline ofy said/recess I andiset4` therein, a metal member fixedsinl a 35 recess in the back-'of the pearlplate, anda portion of solder also inisaid recess :,bywhich whenl fused the metal in thek pearl and? that of the buckle are'unitedto retains-the pearl in its recess in the buckle;` f'

In testimony whereofy Il affix my signa ture.

' FRANK P. DAUGHADAY. 

